Competitive Information for Gyarados [Diamond/Pearl]
Water / Flying
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Gyarados? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Gyarados is pretty popular Water and Flying-typed Pokemon. Gyarados is a almost common Pokemon to see in Generation 4. Gyarados can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Gyarados's only type-related weaknesses are Electric and Rock.
Item: Leftovers / Life Orb
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Waterfall
- Dragon Dance
Physical Sweeper Gyarados (Popular/Trending)
Gyarados is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Gyarados last longer regaining it's stamina every turn. Life Orb boosts the power of Gyarados's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Intimidate, on switch-in Gyarados lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage.
♦ Stone Edge is a physical 100-base power Rock-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Dragon Dance is a status move (raises your Gyarados's attack and speed by 1 stage).
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Item: Wacan Berry / Shell Bell
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Outrage
- Double-Edge / Return
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Gyarados (Intimidate)
Gyarados is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Intimidate, on switch-in Gyarados lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Gyarados afterwards).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Gyarados? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Wacan Berry / Shell Bell
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Aqua Tail / Waterfall
- Outrage
- Double-Edge / Return
Doubles Physical Sweeper Gyarados (Intimidate)
Gyarados is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Intimidate, on switch-in Gyarados lowers the attack of adjacent opponents by 1 stage.
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Water-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Waterfall is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Water-type move (20% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Gyarados afterwards).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Gyarados learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Gyarados can perform in Diamond/Pearl. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive DP Move and Ability Combos for Gyarados
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Gyarados's stats
- Dragon Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Gyarados
- Bounce
- Double-Edge
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake
- Hydro Pump
- Ice Beam
- Ice Fang
- Protect
- Rest
- Roar
- Sleep Talk
- Stone Edge
- Taunt
- Thunder Wave
- Toxic
- Waterfall
Common Effort Values for Gyarados in Diamond and Pearl
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/4/0/0/252/ )
- Adamant Nature ( 156/72/96/0/0/184/ )
- Optimize Gyarados's EV spread for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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